DIY Wedding Arbor

This was a long, drawn out process, but well worth it!  My daughter had an outdoor wedding, and we were trying to save money where we could.  So my husband had a friend who had some small oak trees on his farm and let him come and cut down a few.  He cut them to length and kind of hollowed the ends like the old Lincoln Logs to fit, and secured with some long bolts and nuts.  We them constructed a floor, with 5/4 deck boards to be used as a platform for the bridal party to stand on.  It was spring, so we decorated with as many flowers as we could find. We decorated the arbor with some angel vines and artificial flowers.  The two vintage gates on either side were borrowed from a friend and adorned with artificial flowers as well.  It turned out just beautiful!

Handmade Wedding Veil

I made this for my daughter for her wedding.  When we were shopping for a wedding dress, of course she tried on veils. She wanted something a little vintage looking, and much to my surprise, ones just like this were $200.00!!  I decided I would try making one first.  I ordered the birdcage netting from ebay for about $13.00.  I got a hair comb and feather decoration at hobby lobby for around $6.00.  I cut the netting into two pieces and sewed each together to the hair clip, and hot glued the decoration on top.  Way cheaper than store-bought, and extra sweet because it was made with love!!

Punched Tin Divider Wall

My daughter uses this in her salon as a divider wall.  This was originally a set of doors from an old barn.  We removed the glass and had a local heating/cooling company cut sheet metal rectangles to size for us.  I printed out some black & white clip art from the internet, and taped the patterns to the sheet metal, then used a spring-loaded center punch to punch the designs.I cut pieces of quarter-round to go around the edge of the holes to keep the sheetmetal in the doors.  Then I painted them olive green, and stained over the paint, brushing through before it dried to expose some of the paint underneat.  The great part about this was that I was able to punch her salon name in the middle panel.  It's definitely one-of-a-kind, and a conversation piece!

Small Stool Project

This little stool turned out really cute!  All I did was paint it satin black, and then I stenciled a checkerboard on the top. This project is currently for sale for $10.

Baby shower decor

These were so simple, and turned out so cute! The first picture is made from baby washcloths and a diaper. Just roll the diaper up, and roll the washcloth around it, and secure the end with pipe cleaners. The second, baby washcloth lollipops, are made with two washcloths per lollipop. I rolled each one on the diagonal into a snake, then began to coil the first one, securing with straight pins as I went, overlapping the end of the second washcloth about 3" and continuing to coil. Then I wrapped in plastic wrap and secured with a twist tie.

Gender Reveal, Spin The Wheel

Two projects here. First, the chalkboard: I bought an old coffee table top at an auction and painted it ivory around the outside. Then I mixed my own chalkboard paint from a recipe I found on pinterest and painted the center with that. I bought a pink and blue cabinet knob at a hardware store, drilled a couple of holes and attached them. Then I tied a piece of chalk to hang from each knob. My dad made the spinning wheel from scrap wood, so guests would spin the wheel and record their choice, boy or girl on the chalkboard.

bathroom wall cabinet made from shutters

Shutter, shutter!  More of my auction-find shutters. I needed a wall cabinet when we remodeled our bathroom, and even the crummy ones were like $70, so I put my shutters to good use. This is one set of large shutters, split for the end, and two sets of smaller ones for the front. I cut shelves to fit and braced them with some 1x2's underneath and a couple of "L" brackets. Then I cut a piece of pine for the top and routed the edge. I got a 1 1/2" dowel and cut to length to use for a towel bar on the bottom, and used a jigsaw to make a couple of brackets for it to sit in and attached to the bottom of each long shutter. Then I sanded to rough up the surface and painted to match the trim in the bath.